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"We discussed the student's homework he missed from sick days and studied for his upcoming Latin American test."

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"During today's session the student requested help with reviewing her physical science homework on nomenclature and oxidation numbers. We then moved on to look over her math assignments on the quadratic equation and determinants."

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"We finished the student's chapter 6 lessons and quizzes. At this point the only items left for her to complete are the previous unit tests from chapter 4 and chapter 6. We also have to complete the study island from chapter 6. Once those items are complete, her current grade will be above a 90. She will also have to prepare for the semester exam."

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"The student had a few questions in algebra, so we worked through some of her homework together. I pointed out similarities between the different types of problems and set her up to finish the assignment on her own once she had a feel for the problems' structures. Although the different methods for visualizing algebraic expressions can be tedious, adding like terms and signed numbers has been a struggle for her, so I'm glad she'll have diverse tools at her disposal for conceptualizing what's going on. We turned to the ISEE after an hour of math, and the student took a middle level reading comprehension test, scoring 28/36. We discovered a specific type of question that frequently stumps her: would the author agree/ disagree with given statements. So we talked about how to eliminate answers with extreme language and skim for key words to find the answer. She seemed to be on board with my explanations, so we'll see if she does better on these questions in the future. "

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"Today we talked about procrastination and about the benefits of doing assignments early, such as decrease in stress, increased time for revision, and more mental and emotional energy for other pursuits. We talked about critical thinking and identified some examples of critical thinking in his everyday life. I had him do a 15 minute free write on his thoughts about the benefits of staying ahead of the game, in reference to assignments and school projects. We then did an exercise on identifying sentence elements: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. We also identified parts of speech in sentences: subjects, verbs, objects, etc. I gave him a short essay on the history of a city, with two research questions and a critical thinking short essay question. Next session he'll bring his laptop and we'll get started with editing in Word and digital note-taking and organization programs for students. "

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"In today's session we covered number of items in a number of groups, the precursor conceptual understanding of standard multiplication. The student was eager to try the problems, but struggled with taking his time with them. He always put the correct number of items in the groups, but did not check that he was creating the correct number of groups. We used counters together as a manipulative so that he could visualize what the problem was asking for, and it seemed to help him set up the problems more accurately. For our next session I want to work with him focusing more on the drawing of groups than on the visual representation of them, to see if the information we worked with today will transfer. His general attitude towards the review problems that we did together was that he easily knew how to do it, which I found promising because it shows confidence in doing math. We need to work on slowing down and dissecting the word problems that we are working with so that he can be sure he is answering the question the problem is asking him to do. The win I would take away from this session is that he is a very bright student who wants to succeed and progress. Even though he gets stuck on problems and says he just doesn't know, probing questions I used were able to get him to realize what he should have done without me needing to do it for him. This tells me that the understanding is there and that we just need him to learn how to use it; a very teachable skill."

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"During today's session with the student, we worked on many areas in reading. We reviewed sight words, and 5 additional words were added. We reviewed the "ch" digraph and then went onto "sh." I then introduced her to the silent e. We read and wrote words with a long a. She learned that the a changes its sound when there is a silent e at the end. She then read 2 books for me. The first was a level C/D, and the second was a D. I left that book with her so she could practice reading it and improve her fluency. In math, we started working on counting by 5's. She found it much easier to do the counting when we sang the numbers. Our next session is scheduled for 2 weeks from today."

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"Today we began by working on an algebra practice test together, so I could gain a better sense of the student's strengths and weaknesses. We reviewed many concepts, including the FOIL method, factoring, number lines, coordinate planes, slope-intercept form, median/ mean/ mode, and basic trigonometry. Though he had difficulty recalling some of the material, he was able to demonstrate understanding of most concepts following practice. I can tell he has some difficulty with adding/ subtracting negative numbers, so I encouraged him to imagine (or even draw) a number line to work on this. He seems like a great kid, and I look forward to continuing to work with him!"

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"The student did a good job working with quadrilaterals today. He showed improvement in his ability to use a grid to draw figures. His comprehension of the book he's reading is good, although he sometimes mistakes what is important to the plot by answering with accurate but a bit tangential information from the book. We're working to help make his understanding of what is critical more advanced. "

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"Tonight, the student and I worked on transition of functions. At first, he was unsure how to graph the functions, but after reviewing the homework together, he understood the material just fine and felt more confident with it all. After completing his math homework, he worked on his physical science work, and he was having a few problems with knowing which equation to use to solve the word problems. We went over several of his homework problems, and I gave him advice on how to figure out what equations to use, which helped him out quite a bit."

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"Today was a great day. The student came in with more work completed than when he left, which is a big win. Today, we worked on quite a bit of basic algebra, and he gained another 3 percent in one sitting. Right now he is 6 percent further than he was last time we met. We will do more of this after school today. "

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